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Stanley Tucci, host of National Geographic's "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy" (left); an Olive Garden restaurant exterior (right). (Illustration by Salon / Courtesy National Geographic / Matt Holyoak / Darden Concepts, Inc)

What Tucci gets wrong about Olive Garden

Joseph Neese

I would trade my Michelin restaurant experience in Italy any day for a trip to Olive Garden with family

Bill Pulte was named by President Donald Trump as acting director of national intelligence — and with no expertise or experience (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump’s new hire fractures MAGA media

Sophia Tesfaye

Many of the president's stalwart allies won't defend his choice of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence

Straights (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Will no one think of straight people?!

Andi Zeisler

Heteropessimism is real, but it isn’t the danger The New York Times thinks it is

Kid Rock and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

Amanda Marcotte

Trump’s losses at the Kennedy Center and Freedom 250 follow Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl humiliation

World Cup is Coming signs, warning about crowds and delays in subway station at PATH train Station, Manhattan, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Image)

World Cup to cause massive transit woes

Jelinda Montes

The FIFA World Cup final highlights severe gaps in New York and New Jersey’s public transit infrastructure

Latinos for Trump campaign sign is photographed on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at BakerRipley Ripley House in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Trump is losing Latino vote

Alejandro Serrano - The Texas Tribune

A new Texas poll measure eroding Latino support for the president and the GOP

Clark Shotwell and John Travolta in "Propeller One-Way Night Coach" (Apple TV)

John Travolta's spellbinding autofiction

Coleman Spilde

"Propeller One-Way Night Coach" finds the seasoned actor indulging in auteur theory. It's not to be missed

(Photo by Stefan Coders / pexels.com)

What is a VPN and do you need one?

Marc Dahan

A VPN creates a private, encrypted tunnel between your device and the internet

Magic dust (Ashlie Stevens )

The magic dust your kitchen is missing

Ashlie D. Stevens

The case for ranch packets, gravy mixes and other underestimated flavor builders

(Salon)

Best free VPNs for 2026

Tyler Cooper

We tested and reviewed the best free VPNs for privacy, streaming and everyday browsing

(Salon)

Best VPN services for 2026

Tyler Cooper

We tested the top VPNs for streaming, security and performance

Ken Paxton, the Texas GOP Senate nominee, has a long list of scandals (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Texas shows the rot is deeper than Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Ken Paxton and the Trump administration are throwing the kitchen sink against James Talarico

President Donald Trump meets with his Cabinet at the White House (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Flattery is the job in Trump's Cabinet

Chauncey DeVega

A New York Times review of hours of meetings found officials spend more time fawning than governing

Abbas Alawieh, cofounder of the uncommitted movement during the DNC in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Nick Oxford for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A plan to win back lost Democrat voters

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Uncommitted Movement activist Abbas Alawieh is stepping from behind the scenes to run for state Senate in Michigan

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. ((Photo by Tom Williams/GETTY IMAGES))

Trump doesn't care about gun trafficking

Ken B. Morales, Alec MacGillis - ProPublica

Gains made under Joe Biden's administration have evaporated

Road-tripping with a dog (David Bouchat/Getty Images)

A trip with my dog healed divorce wounds

Kelly McClure

Over 4,000 miles, I came to embrace a future I never expected to face alone

Bari Weiss, head of CBS News, has led an overhaul of the division (Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“60 Minutes” infected by Trumpism

Sophia Tesfaye

Scott Pelley firing shows Weiss is more interested in loyalty than journalism

Attendees pray during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Right-wing Christians don't want me here

Mohammad Ali Salih

At the Christian gathering in DC, the message to Muslims like me was clear. From my grave, I'll preach coexistence

Speculation continues to rise about the state of Donald Trump's physical and mental health (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Why MAGA buys Trump's perfect health lie

Amanda Marcotte

Cultish devotion leads Republicans to see Trump as more god-like than human

A 14-year-old boy holds an iPhone screen displaying various social media and messaging apps. (Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images)

Kids screen time guidance falls short

Nicole Karlis

The Surgeon General's screen time warning overlooks the daily realities of American families

Vehicles sit parked at fuel pumps as regular gasoline prices above $6 per gallon and diesel prices above $7 per gallon are displayed outside a Mobil gas station in Redondo Beach, California on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images)

Inflation is spreading through economy

D. Brian Blank, Brandy Hadley - The Conversation

Fresh inflation data now suggests the challenge may be deeper and longer lasting than many expected

Work continues on Trump's renovations of the Reflecting Pool in D.C. as costs skyrocket and legal issues continue. He is justifying costs with false claims about Obama and Biden's expenses. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Trump's false facts defend spending

CK Smith

Trump claims Obama and Biden spent "hundreds of millions" on similar renovations, but records show otherwise

Trump's DOJ is creating a fund to compensate claimants who feel unjustly politically attacked. Trump allies and January 6 rioters are among the potential claimants. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Who wants Trump's $1.8B payout fund?

CK Smith

"Anti-weaponization" compensation attracts claims from Jan. 6 defendants, political allies, and election deniers

Former Vice President Mike Pence visits FOX News Channel’s "America Reports" with John Roberts at the FOX News D.C. Bureau on January 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Pence: Jan. 6 slush fund "unacceptable"

Alex Galbraith

The former vice president was inside the Capitol when it was stormed by Trump supporters

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